Cover for the seats of sanitary apparatus



, E. L. ECKERLEIN COVER FOR THE SEATS 0F SANITARY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AWL-29. I92].

,IAQQLITQQ 4 PatentedSept. 19, 1922.

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COVER FOR THE SEATS OF SANITARY APPARATUS.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Flueinin LnoN ECKERLEIN, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at No. 199 Rue de Chateau des Rentiers, Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for the Seats of Sanitary Apparatus (for which I have filed applications in France, Sept. 4, 1913, and Belgium, August 10,1921), of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved cover for the seats of sanitary apparatus, more particularly for the use of passengers in railways and other public places.

According to the present invention the improved cover is designed to fit on to the existing seats of the sanitary apparatus and carries two concentric frames that constitute a container adapted to contain a block of sheets of paper or the like which are designed to be turned down successively over the seat of which they cover the entire surfact and to be torn off after use.

Two embodiments of this invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one embodiment of the improved cover, and

Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof.

Fig. 3 illustrates a second embodiment of the im aroved cover.

As s own, the improved cover comprises two cover members a and b hinged together so as to be capable of being brought one on top of the other.

On the cover member a are fixed two circular concentric frames 0 and cZ leaving between them an annular gap in which is located a stub block 6 composed of a plurality of sheets of paper or the like.

This stub block is fixed at its outer periphery under plates of wood or metal 79 to the frame 0 and its inner periphery in a groove formed in the frame (Z. The said. block is fixed at its lower part by means of a block 2' of half round or round section of small diameter formed with pins or bolts 5 extending through the block below a tearofi' line of perforations Z formed in each sheet. 71 are thumb nuts on the screwthreaded pins 2' for compressing the block against the cover member a. g is a removable plate for preventing the unscrewing of the said nuts and the removal of the block by the passengers,

Each sheet is drawn forward by the user by pulling a tab j of each sheet, so that the said sheet covers the whole top surface of the seat kthus preventing unsanitary contact.

After use the sheet is torn off along the line of perforations Z leaving the stub of the block engaged under the bar 6 and'thus enabling the block to be used down to the last sheet.

The cover member Z) which is hinged to the frame 0 is folded down automatically on to the latter by means of a chain m fixed at a to the covermember Z), and attached at its other end passing through an aperture 0 to a spring 1* or other suitable elastic device.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the block 6 is held by two flat springs f fixed at one end by means of a pivot g and at their middle by a screw it, to the cover member a. The free ends of these springs press upon the block.

It is to be understood that the constructions illustrated are given here solely by way of example. The improved cover may vary its shape according to the seat which it is intended to cover and it may be made of wood, metal or other suitable materials.

What I claim is 1. In a cover for the seat of a sanitary apparatus the combination of a container comprising two circular concentric frames,

adapted to contain a block of sheets of paper or the like which are designed to be turned down successively over the seat of which they cover the entire surface and to be torn off after use.

2. In a cover for the seat of a sanitary apparatus the combination of two cover members superposed and hinged one over the other, a container carried by one of said cover members and composed of two concentric frames, a block of sheets of paper or the like contained in said container, each sheet of which is provided with a tab and formed with a scored or perforated. tear off line whereby each after use, means whereby the sheets of the block can be turned down successively over the seat, of which they cover the entire surface, and plates of wood or metal carried by the outer frame and a groove in the inner frame to hold the said block in position in said container.

3. In a cover for the seat of a sanitary apparatus as claimed is claim 2, the comsheet may be torn off 

